# Amputations at RYERSON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022054321` · 5/17/2022 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RYERSON, INC.
- **Location:** 7701 LINDSEY RD., LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a forklift operator to load an 8-piece bundle of metal plates onto a flatbed trailer. The employee was adjusting the board on the trailer to lay the plate down while the load was above on the forks. The bundle slid/adjusted while on the forks and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a wood block, amputating the fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*